Waqas Akram Bajwa, Manager Pre-Sales

Waqas Akram Bajwa

Manager Pre-Sales

Mansha Brothers

Location
Pakistan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Manager Pre-Sales at Mansha Brothers
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since May 2016

Designing and Implementation of Surveillance, Networking, Solar and Backup Power Solutions for the customers

Manager Pre-Sales and Network Planning at SKIF ENTERPRISES PVT LTD
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2014 to April 2016

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Prepare and verify Technical BOQ and RFP proposals on Wired/Wireless LAN Campus Networks, Solar Power solutions, IP & CCTV Surveillance solutions and Audio / Video Conferencing Solutions.
• Post Implementation plans for the projects assigned.
• Move my team according to the plans for successful implementations and after sales support.

Some of the successful projects I initiated and closed are described as follows:

PROJECTS:
1. Gourmet Foods Corporate Head Quarter Campus wide LAN Infrastructure & Surveillance System Deployment (EXTREME NETWORKS, 3M, CP-PLUS):
• Designing of Campus wide Network Passive and Active of 800 Nodes. Design includes Active on Extreme Networks, Passive Copper & Fiber on 3M. IP surveillance design on CP-PLUS. Successfully implemented with my team the Passive, Active and IP Surveillance system as per designing.

2. Gourmet Foods Video Conferencing Solution for Head Office and three Branch sites (LifeSize):
• Designing and preparing BOQ and post implementation plan for 4 Sites. On Head Office Site LifeSize Team 220 4-Way full HD MCU was installed along with 10x Optical zoom Camera and Branch sites three LifeSize Express 220 were Installed.

3. University of Management & Technology (UMT) Extreme Networks (Distribution & Access Deployment):
• Designed expansion of Network for new buildings, UMT Lahore. Integrate Extreme Distribution Switch Summit X460 with Cisco 6500 Core Switch on 10Gig Fiber and Downstream to multiple edge switches from Distribution switches on 1 Gig Fiber.

4. SALAMAT SCHOOLS SYSTEMS (SSS) CCTV SURVEILLANCE, Lahore, Pakistan:
• Designed and Implemented CCTV (CP-PLUS) Security surveillance solutions for their 10 Campus. Centralized View of all the campus in there Head Office using CP-PLUS Software KVMS Pro. Create High Availability design with Backup of recording at local and central site.

5. OFF-GRID Residential SOLAR Power Systems, Lahore, Pakistan:
• Designed, Installed and Integrated many OFF-Grid SOLAR Backup Power Solutions for my customers for their Residential Homes. Implemented various capacity of Solar Solutions ranges from highest capacity of 20KVA and lowest capacity 1KVA.

Asst Manager Pre-Sales / Branch Manager Lahore at Saztel Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2013 to April 2014

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Profile: Led a team of 5 personnel, reported to the MD, and managed IT Operations & Support Group for designing & implementing IT Infrastructure & Solutions and business applications.
• Supervised a team of high end technology certified professionals for handling projects management and IT service management and handling Global IT operation for clients.
• Handled projects for monitoring daily requirement of IT and developing state of the art platforms within ICT for ensuring business development.
• Led an OFF-Grid Solar Backup Power Solution for a University, with large footprint in Pakistan having 60 Regional Offices/Campuses. Result in Solar powered IT Data Center block in all campuses.
• Established B2B relationship with Ulica Solar (China Top Solar Company), Extreme Networks (USA Worldwide Top Networking Manufacturer/OEM), ProLink (Singapore Top UPS/Inverters Manufacturer/OEM) etc.

Achievements:
• Pivotal in re-engineering IT Infrastructure.
• Formed and maintained Data Centers & DR Sites and provided technical and business application support.

Assistant Manager Technical Support at Saztel Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2012 to December 2012

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare Technical proposals and presentations on wireless Radio Links, Power distributions inside Data Centers, UPS Backup Power Solutions for Data Centers, Solar Backup Solutions for Data centers and ATM Sites, Wi-Fi Mesh solutions, Design of OFC Laying inside Data Centers and outside long back haul solutions, GPON, Voice Gateway & LAN/WAN campus Networks.
• Listening to customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale.
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails.
• Responding to incoming email and phone inquiries.
• Acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets.
• Designing and production of the technical part of the solutions as per the customer or sales team requirement.

Some of the successful projects I initiated and closed are described as follows:
PROJECTS:

1. Data Center Solution for AIOU:
Proposed, Designed and deployment of a new Data Center for Allama Iqbal Open University. The old Data center was not satisfying customer new ideas and increasing of network infrastructure; the old Data center was not designed with scalability. Proposed new Active and passive items in Data center with best network optimization. Design the new data center on TIER 2 Top of Rack. Data Center connectivity trend was 10G/40G for Top of rack switches. Dual power source HVAC and Dual power network switches. Future Scalability was also given in design. The design was structured on TIER-3. Structured Passive Network was designed on runways/ladders. Dual HVAC Distribution system and Dual DC source system was designed and Implemented in the project. Racks with horizontal cool airflow from back to front and vertical hot air flow from top of racks.

2. Maintenance of Data Center, Network and IT Equipment’s of Pakistan Navy (PN):
The Maintenance contract of different Pakistan Navy Units was initiated. I made a detailed site survey with my Technical team before the initialization of Project. On the basis of site survey proposed technical solution for their Network and IT Infrastructure items to be maintained by a single organization. The items include in the maintenance were Network Switches, Routers, Servers, Ups, and Printers. One Data center at the central site office was maintained and 12 remote sites were maintained connected directly to Data center.

3. Installation of Extreme Black Diamond (BD8806) Core Switch for Pakistan Navy (PN) DATA Center:
On the basis of Site Survey of Network, give proposal to PN personal for a Back-up Core Switch to minimize their Network downtime in Data Center. Initiated RFP (Request for Proposal) on Extreme Product. Win the tender and execute the project successfully.

4. Installation of Radio Links for Tuwairqi Steel Mills:
Initialize this deal with Cold call. Visit customer site introduce company, gather requirements and on the basis of requirements proposed Proxim QB8150 12 Mbps data Radios for Building to Building connectivity within campus. Give successful demo and on the basis of demo get order of three Radio Links.

5. GEPON FTTx BASED SOLUTION FOR 100 VOICE EXTENSION & DATA AT JNB Pak Navy:
The requirements were given by the customer, On the basis of requirement made Technical and financial proposal. Different companies proposed different solution. The solution proposed by me was cost-effective with reliable products. Technically qualify and then financially win the project. The design was on Raisecom GPON OLT and ONU’s. Implemented the project in 2 Months.

6. INSTALLATION OF UPS Backup Power Solution FOR BOSCH PHARMA:
Done site survey at plant calculated the load of each machine and proposed technical and financial proposal. Get the work order on the basis of technical and financial proposals and executed it successfully.

7. Installation of MAIPU 32-Port FXS Voice Gateway at DP-Navy Rawalpindi on their DVB-S System.

Assistant Manager Technical Support at Teralight Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2011 to March 2012

RESPONSIBILITIES:

To provide technical direction for the design and systems integration. I have successfully managed few large scales Access Network Installation, commissioning & integration projects for private, public & defense organizations.

Specialties
• Access Network installation, commissioning & integration.
• Project Management & Development.
PROJECTS:

1. Pakistan Navy WIRELESS BASED VOICE & DATA NETWORK:
Installation and Integration of proposed network with the existing Alcatel Exchange at Ormara Site.

2. OPTICAL FIBER CABLE (OFC) LAYING:
Managed Optical fibers laying that includes the site surveys before laying, preparing Bill of Order Quantity (BOQs) and then supervise the OFC laying and installation on sites. Also Implemented OFC laying for GPON solutions inside Data Centers.

3. Installation & Integration of ZYXEL IP-DSLAM PAKISTAN NAVY (PN):
Installed and integrated 700 ports plus ZYXEL IP-DSLAM in residential area of Pakistan Navy, Integrate the IP-DSSLAM with ALCATEL Exchange, to provide internet services over POTS (Plain Old telephone system). Authentication services using Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) using Cisco 7200 Series Router and Cisco Secure ACS for AAA services.

Technical Support Engineer at Star Communication Services
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2009 to September 2011

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Planning and Deployment of Telecom Products/ Corporate Customer Support/ Reports/ Trainer/ Problem Solving/ Troubleshooting.

Some of the successful projects completed and are described as follows:
PROJECTS:

1. DATA CENTERS PROJECT OF HUAWEI (MSAN NGN PHASE-2) AT THREE PTCL SITES:
Worked as Subcon of Huawei, Done site surveys at three locations of PTCL for Data center, Worked as Design and Implementation Engineer, Design Data center for Multi-Service Access Network Platform. Design includes all passive (Dc power Distribution for Racks, HVAC Distribution for Rectifier, Battery Banks of rectifier, Chillers placing for proper cooling and air flow inside Racks, ladders route map for power and network cables and raised floor structural design.

Worked as Subcon of Huawei, leading my team as an Installation, Commissioning and integration Engineer, Deployed Multi Service Access Network (MSAN) UA5000 on three Exchanges of Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd (PTCL).


2. PAKISTAN NAVY IP-DSLAM PROJECTS:
Installation, configuration and Integration of RAISECOM 700 PORTS RAISECOM IP DSLAM network at Pakistan Navy Data Center Karachi, using Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) using Cisco 7200 Series Router and Cisco Secure ACS for AAA services.
Installation, configuration and integration of 200 Ports RAISECOM IP DSLAM network at Gawader site.


3. PAKISTAN NAVY VOICE PROJECT:
Installation, configuration and integration of RAISECOM PCM Multiplexer and Demultiplexer, Extending 200 voice extensions from exchange to a Remote site on SDH Optical Network; Remote site was almost 30-Km away from Exchange.

4. PAKISTAN NAVY GPON PROJECT:
Installation, Integration and commissioning of GPON network, Installed RAISECOM OLT at the Data center site and RAISECOM ONU’s at Multiple Remote sites.

5. PAK DATACOM Limited (PDL) OFAN:
Installation, configuration and Integration of RAISECOM Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) on a POP Site, Terminating 25 Client sites of PDL using fiber as last mile services, converging all client sites on a single STM-1 Link from RAISECOM MSAP

6. Installation, configuration of HP G3 Servers and Cisco Routers with Services (DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, ISA and IIS).

7. Dubai Islamic Bank Metro Ethernet Project on RAISECOM Layer-2 Copper and Fiber Switches.

SKILLS / HANDS ON EXPERIENCE:

I have gained a valuable experience and knowledge on following Telecom Technologies and devices:
1- E1/V.35/ETH Converters 2- Fiber Multiplexers
3- Inverse Multiplexers 4- PDH
5- SHDSL 6- ADSL
7- VOIP/IP-PBX/PABX 7- STM-1
8- Cisco Routers/ Switches Trainer 9- Networking
10- WIFI Access Point 11- TDMoIP
12- IP-DSLAM 13- PoE (Power over Ethernet)
14- Quick Learner
15- Design, Manage and give Technical Support for projects
16- Technical correspondence to customers and vendors
17- Multi Services Access Platform (MSAP) of different Vendors (HUAWEI, RAISECOM)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication
  • at Bahria University
  • June 2009

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): •Member and student president IEEE university society. Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 Conference:12th IEEE International Multi topic Conference (IEEE INMIC 2008) Conference Dates: 23 Dec - 24 Dec 2008 Location: Bahria University (Karachi Campus) Karachi, Pakistan

Specialties & Skills

Network Design
Switches
IP Cameras
Wireless
Network Designing and Implementation
Backup UPS/Solar power designing
CCTV/IP Surveillance Design and Implementation
Audio & Video Conferencing Solutions
Netsight (NMS)
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  • Certified Engineer by PEC
  • January 2010

Training and Certifications

Extreme Networks Solutions Engineer (ESE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Valid Until:
January 2017
Extreme Networks Design Professional (ENDP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Valid Until:
January 2017
Extreme Networks Certified Expert (ECE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2015
Valid Until:
May 2017